Return to TD Garden didn’t quite go as Thomas planned

The derisive chanting had started after the fifth goal, after Shawn Thornton — who claimed never to have scored on Tim Thomas even in practice — did just that against the former Bruins goaltender.

It had taken five goals and 2½ periods for the sold-out crowd at TD Garden to go from cheering Thomas upon his pregame introduction to mocking him for a season-worst performance in a place he said still feels like a “home arena.”